RE: Anyone have a copy of DUL ??

Indeed, the row directory is in the block header.
And like Raj said, there is a length value to tell
you how far to read. The values are encoded in Oracle's
internal format, such as the 7 bytes coding for Date type.

Dennis, i dont think those 2 items you mentioned are that encoded, using
the dump command you can see how they are stored.

joe

DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:

>Wouldn't something like DUL need to read Oracle's dictionary? My impression>is that a lot of stuff in the data files is heavily encoded, like date and>number formats. Wouldn't you need the dictionary to understand where one>column stops and the next starts, and maybe even where one row ends and the>next begins?>>Dennis Williams>DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA>Lifetouch, Inc.>dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com >>>-----Original Message----->Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:40 AM>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L>>>>>There are DUL?s manual.>http://www.fors.com/velpuri2/dul_ucg8.html>>May be interesting for someone.>>>-----Mensaje original----->De: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com]En nombre de>Pete Finnigan>Enviado el: jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2003 13:55>Para: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L>Asunto: Re: How to extract data directly from a datafile ?>>>Hi Tanel,>>A free DUL in C would be very nice to have and to study the source code>of. maybe you should also contact Kurt van Meerbeek of jDUL project on>sourceforge, maybe you have some ideas or info he doesn't have that>could help his efforts or of course Richard's efforts.>>kind regards>>Pete>-->Pete Finnigan>email:pete_at_petefinnigan.com>Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists>Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for>details.>>-->Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net>-->Author: Pete Finnigan> INET: oracle_list_at_peterfinnigan.demon.co.uk>>Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com>San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services>--------------------------------------------------------------------->To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message>to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).>> >

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